Wednesday morning, the Rutland County Sheriff’s Department said a tractor-trailer went off the road, struck a tree and then smashed into the side of a house. Deputies said the driver lost control and crashed into a house on the corner of Route 3 and Field Road. No one was seriously hurt.

Later in the day, a tractor-trailer slipped off Interstate 89 in Colchester.

“I think it's very dangerous that people are out on the road today,” said Aya Al-Namee. Al-Namee braved the slowing snow while waiting for the bus.

"I put my hood up, and I kind of hunch over and make the best of it I guess," said Anne Arcoleo about walking in the bitter conditions.

The snow became so bad Wednesday that the Chittenden County Transportation Authority suspended service at 8:30 p.m.

LINK Express, Local Commuter and Neighborhood Special routes, plus the Price Chopper Shopping Shuttle, are all canceled until Thursday afternoon.

The snow also hampered air travel. Airlines canceled all flights at Burlington International Airport until 10:30 a.m. Thursday. The airport remains open. Most flights out of the Plattsburgh airport were also canceled.

Greyhound has canceled service between Boston and Montreal until further notice. Megabus has canceled all service out of Burlington for Thursday.

Parking bans are in effect for Burlington. Plattsburgh and Winooski. That's on top of communities who already have winter parking bans all season long.

Snow continued to fall into Wednesday night. There were a few people out and about, including Ian Compton and his group of urban skiers.

“I love the snow,” Compton said between sliding down a snow pile on Church Street. “It shuts the city down. You got people laughing. You got beautiful lights everywhere. It's one of the most beautiful things ever.”

"I'm just trying to picture that it's like 70 degrees and sunny but it's not working," said Roger Dagama. "It still feels brutally cold."

Crews said they expected to spend the night clearing the roads. The snow is expected to fall at rates more than an inch per hour in some spots making that job harder.